ضم

ضِمَامٌ ذ , (S, KL,) with kesr; (S;) or ↓ ضُمَامٌ, like غُرَابٌ; (K;) [the former app. the right, being agreeable with analogy, like رِبَاطٌ and وِثَاقٌ and اـِسَارٌ and عِقَالٌ &c.;] A thing, (S, K,) or thread, string, cord, or the like, (KL,) by means of which one thing is drawn, and joined, or adjoined, to another thing. (S, K, KL.) One says, التَّقْوَى ضِمَامُ الخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ [ Piety is that which draws and attaches to its possessor every good thing ]. (TA.) -A2- See also الضِّمُّ, above.